Halloween Patterning

A fun, simple Halloween patterning activity! Perfect for a quick math lesson or to throw in a math center!

Provide a paper like this for your children:

Have them stamp out a pattern with Halloween stamps (great for one-to-one correspondence, as well!):

**It’s also fun to hide the last one (folding it in works great) and have the class, or a friend, figure out what is hidden (what comes next?). My preschoolers loved this! I like that it’s fairly open-ended so the kids just learning patterning can do an ABAB pattern, while the more advanced kids can do a more complicated one, like ABBABB.

"I will spend eternity knowing (my children) as adults. But tonight, right here, right now, and for the next precious years, I have the rare privilege of knowing them as a child. What a gift to experience the children in our lives as children! For a brief moment during the journey of mortality, we get to watch them laugh, learn, experience, grow."
(Hilary Weeks)